WASHINGTON—The House Rules Committee in the early hours of Nov. 12 passed a motion to advance a bill to a floor vote to end the government shutdown, which is now in its 42nd day.
The tally, taken just after 1:30 a.m., was 8–4 along party lines. The package now heads to a full vote scheduled for Wednesday.
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) opened the hearing by noting that the package being considered—which punts funding to Jan. 30 and would fully fund three sectors of government—had been approved by a bipartisan contingent in the Senate.
Foxx also said that Democrats were to blame for the 42-day shutdown. She said in her opening remarks that Democrats should “take ownership of the chaos they’ve unleashed across the nation.”…
House Committee Advances Bill to End Shutdown to Floor Vote
